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. >> joining me is congresswoman jackie speier. i have been asking my panel about the appetite in washington for this. is the biggest problem pro gun democrats in the senate to see something like this move forward? >> i think it is. i think the nra is still a very powerful force. and we need to work with them to find a way to get to yes. and that's really our challenge. i totally support the assault weapon ban. i think the most critical thing we can do, however, is to make sure that we have a universal background check, and that we ban these high-capacity magazines. >> congresswoman, explain why this is so personal to you and now in your professional capacity to see something done. >> it's personal to me on two levels. one, i carry the assault weapon ban in california many years ago, back in 1989, and feel very strongly about it. and before that, i was shot in jonestown, gianna, five times, left for dead on an air strip for 22 hours, so i know the kind of brutality that assault weapons can do to human beings. and we just don't need
. >> joining me is congresswoman jackie speier. i have been asking my panel about the appetite in washington for this. is the biggest problem pro gun democrats in the senate to see something like this move forward? >> i think it is. i think the nra is still a very powerful force. and we need to work with them to find a way to get to yes. and that's really our challenge. i totally support the assault weapon ban. i think the most critical thing we can do, however, is to make sure that...
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jackie robinson changed baseball and he changed america. he kept his focus in the face of adversity because he had a higher goal. in studying him, i learned that branch ricky, who decided to courageously break the color barrier, look for a black that had the temperament and the focus to take all of the jeers, to take all of the hostility and take all of the hate and still perform and rise above what he was facing. jackie robinson showed a change agent but first changed himself. must have the temperament, the determination and focus that they can take whatever it is necessary to take in order to make change happen. those that opened door have to be stronger than those that walk through doors that have already been opened. happy birthday, jackie robinson. thank you for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> hawks or buzzards? let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. let me start tonight with this. the boiling hatred of the american right poured over today in hearings on chuck hag
jackie robinson changed baseball and he changed america. he kept his focus in the face of adversity because he had a higher goal. in studying him, i learned that branch ricky, who decided to courageously break the color barrier, look for a black that had the temperament and the focus to take all of the jeers, to take all of the hostility and take all of the hate and still perform and rise above what he was facing. jackie robinson showed a change agent but first changed himself. must have the...
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i went and i found things like jackie robinson and charles barclay and mark twain and jonathan swift, and i had all these weird influences. it was just a gift in the curse of my parents not knowing to tell me, like, here is this kit of american culture that you're supposed -- >> isn't that -- i think about the dutch, which is one of your restaurants, and it is a new york city restaurant, and it's very essence as far as it has food from all over the burroughs, and being multi-cultural is in many ways being american in the 21st century. >> i was always more interested in what the grandmothers were cooking and, like, what the big chefs were cooking. even -- i'm half italian and half polish. you know, guys that work for me, they're korean-american, mexican-american, and that's the food that besides my own that i really, really embrace. i was always interested in what that soul was. you know, we'll never cook fusion there. we'll never do, like, lemon grass and gnocci and pasta, whatever. it's like finding the soul of something, and that's what always fascinated me. >> the whole authenticit
i went and i found things like jackie robinson and charles barclay and mark twain and jonathan swift, and i had all these weird influences. it was just a gift in the curse of my parents not knowing to tell me, like, here is this kit of american culture that you're supposed -- >> isn't that -- i think about the dutch, which is one of your restaurants, and it is a new york city restaurant, and it's very essence as far as it has food from all over the burroughs, and being multi-cultural is...
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joining me democratic congressman jackie spear of california who was just appointed to a new gun violence prevention task force. as well as dan gross. i want to start with this "new york times" report that found some gun groups were seeking to, quote, introduce children to high powered rifles and handguns while invoking the same rationale of those older, more traditional programs that firearms can teach life skills like responsibility, ethics, and citizenship. i want to get both of your reactions. congresswoman, i'll start with you. what's your reaction to this? >> i think it's ironic that on the one hand they are doing research on how to attract children to guns. and yet want to prevent and have been successful in preventing the congress and the cdc from researching gun violence. prevention. so it reminds me a lot of the joe camel commercials and the efforts to try and encourage kids to smoke. >> with the logic being, dan, that the second amendment is not going anywhere and the right to bear arms exists, playing devil's advocate here, doesn't it make sense to try to educate our youth abo
joining me democratic congressman jackie spear of california who was just appointed to a new gun violence prevention task force. as well as dan gross. i want to start with this "new york times" report that found some gun groups were seeking to, quote, introduce children to high powered rifles and handguns while invoking the same rationale of those older, more traditional programs that firearms can teach life skills like responsibility, ethics, and citizenship. i want to get both of...
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that made the sandals for jackie kennedy and, yeah, the beach clubs. >> beautiful. >> it's, you know, a fantasyland that comes to life especially for the italians in august. and, you know, if you haven't been there, you got to find a way to go. >> have you been there? >> i have. i have. >> can i ask you a question? >> please. >> where have you been to more, capri or sattaten island? >> we know the answer to that, just look at him. >> how about manhattan island? >> our manhattan island. some other pictures. where do you like to stay if you go there? >> just to say the quistanap? >> i scant pronounce it but i can stay there. let's talk about the guy on the cover. prince harry. >> what did we learn about him that we don't already know? >> there's always something to learn about. he went on a 15-hour bender is maybe what we call it. >> really? >> yeah. he's on leave for four or five weeks and it's understandable and he's coming back from a pretty intense tour of duty as we know where he actually got behind his rifle and, you know, went to war. so, i think, you know, this guy's just -- see
that made the sandals for jackie kennedy and, yeah, the beach clubs. >> beautiful. >> it's, you know, a fantasyland that comes to life especially for the italians in august. and, you know, if you haven't been there, you got to find a way to go. >> have you been there? >> i have. i have. >> can i ask you a question? >> please. >> where have you been to more, capri or sattaten island? >> we know the answer to that, just look at him. >> how...